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Time dependent wind fields
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Chelton, D. B. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | Two tasks were performed: (1) determination of the accuracy of Seasat scatterometer, altimeter, and scanning multichannel microwave radiometer measurements of wind speed; and (2) application of Seasat altimeter measurements of sea level to study the spatial and temporal variability of geostrophic flow in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The results of the first task have identified systematic errors in wind speeds estimated by all three satellite sensors. However, in all cases the errors are correctable and corrected wind speeds agree between the three sensors to better than 1 ms sup -1 in 96-day 2 deg. latitude by 6 deg. longitude averages. The second task has resulted in development of a new technique for using altimeter sea level measurements to study the temporal variability of large scale sea level variations. Application of the technique to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current yielded new information about the ocean circulation in this region of the ocean that is poorly sampled by conventional ship-based measurements. |
| File Size | 5007048 |
| Page Count | 67 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870004406 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t42r8qj3f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-01-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Temporal Distribution Wind Velocity Measurement Wind Profiles Sea Level Remote Sensing Microwave Radiometers Scatterometers Time Dependence Satellite Altimetry Spatial Distribution Seasat Satellites Geostrophic Wind Ocean Currents Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |